Safety brake draft gear



Jan. 21, 1941. c. N. TURLEY SAFETY BRAKE DRAFT GEAR I 2 Sheets- Sheet 1 3 LUV. Turiey vfia Filed May 16, 1940 Jan. 21, 1941. Q N TURLEY 2,229,595

SAFETY BRAKE DRAFT GEAR Filed May 16, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a; 1 2E7 5 I 34 Patented Jan. 21, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAFETY BIAKE DRAFT GEAR Claude N. Turley, Redford, Ind. Application May 16, 1940, Serial No. 335,640 1 Claim. (Cl. 188-58) This invention relates to a safety brake draft gear and it aims to provide a novel construction which is operable from an air reservoir.

It is particularly aimed to provide such a con struction as will prevent undue wear of the wheels by the brake shoes and provision of sharp flanges on the wheels; one in which the shoes are located advantageously to prevent displace-' ment beneath the wheels and consequent Wrecking of trains equipped with the brakes, and a construction wherein the brake shoes are more advantageously located so as to remain dry.

Further, objects are to provide a structure wherein greater braking power is attained and the equipment is more durable.

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view of under-structure of a railway car equipped with my improved brake gear;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale, taken on the plane of line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged inverted plan view of the parts of Figure *3;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a portion of one 01' the axles and brake-engaging enlargement, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating one of the brake shoes.

Referring specifically to the drawings wherein i from any suitable location on the car through linkage I5, to either cut-oft thesuppl or flow or air to or from the pipe I! or direct the compressed air from the reservoir II to either end of the auxiliary cylinder l3 so that any suitable piston means therein will move the rods 38 toward each other or move them apart to apply and release .the brakes, respectively.

On the trucks i0, axles I! are journaled equipped with usual wheels I! which travel on usual rails at H.

Each truck I0 and parts mounted thereon are similar. Such trucks have beams from opposite sides 01 which brackets 2| project and to which hangers 22 are pivoted at 23 and at their lower ends are connected by brake beams 24 transversely disposed in parallelism to the axles l1, and carrying suitable brake shoes 25, which are engageable with enlargements or braking surfaces 26 provided on the axles IT.

A bracket 2! depends from each beam 20 and a lever 28 is pivoted thereto on a horizontal axis at 29. Pivoted at 30 and 3|, on opposite sides of the axes 29 and to the lever 28, are links 32 and 33, respectively, which are pivoted at 34 and 36, respectively, to the brake beams 2 Control rods 35extend from opposite ends of the piston it through the ends of the cylinder I3 and are connected pivotally as at 31, to the upper ends of the levers 28.

Normally, the brake shoes will be in the released position shown in the drawings. However, the valve is readily operable so that compressed air will be admitted from the reservoir ll into the auxiliary reservoir l3 at one end thereof, to move the piston 16 and thereby draw the rods 36 toward each other in the brake shoes 25, such valve l4 also being operable to release such compressed air from the cylinder l3, thereby enabling the brake shoes to automatically return to the normal or released position shown.

order to apply It will be realized that the zone of application of the brakes is at a distance from the wheels and inwardly thereof whereby the same are protected against weather conditions and will not cause wear and consequent sharpening of the flanges of the wheels l8.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

In a brake mechanism mounted on a car truck having wheels carried byparallel axles and journaled on the truck, a pair of enlargements on each axle between the wheels and of less diameter than the wheels, a beam on the truck above the wheels, vertical hangers pivotally suspended from the beam, brake beams parallel to the axles connecting pairs of the hangers at the lower ends of the.latter, a pair 01' shoes carried by each brake beam in position to coact with the adjacent enlargements, a lever below the truck beam, means depending from the truck beam and pivotally mounting said lever, links pivotally connected to the lever on opposite sides 01' its fulcrum, said links being pivotally connected, respectlvely, to the brake beams. means operable to swing the lever to apply the brake shoes, said means being connected to the lever above the links and beneath the truck beam, and extendlng over one axle between adjacent hangers, the

connected directly to said brackets.

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